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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/05/23/3966510/drewrys-bluff-proves-a-strong.htmlWed, 23 May 2012 16:25 EDTHaving lost Norfolk, Va., in March 1862, Confederates realized the James River was open for a Federal advance on Richmond. The Confederate army needed to select a position along the…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/04/29/3913391/farragut-captures-new-orleans.htmlSun, 29 Apr 2012 09:28 EDTBy April 1862, a portion of General Winfield Scotts Anaconda Plan was taking effect as the Union made a concerted effort to seize control of the Mississippi River. In early…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/04/13/3880344/bloody-shiloh.htmlFri, 13 Apr 2012 15:14 EDTBefore leaving Corinth, Miss., and advancing on Union forces at Shiloh, General Albert Sidney Johnston ordered local woodworkers to begin work on 500 coffins for soldiers who would be killed…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/04/03/3860943/my-god-we-are-attacked.htmlTue, 03 Apr 2012 16:38 EDTBy the end of March 1862, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, Charles Ferguson Smith and Brigadier General William Tecumseh Sherman were certain that the Confederate army in the western theater…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/03/12/3812845/hampton-roads-fight-begins-new.htmlMon, 12 Mar 2012 17:40 EDTIn a battle that served as a precursor to future naval encounters, the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia squared off in the first meeting of ironclad vessels. The battle which…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/03/07/3802753/van-dorns-folly-loses-arkansas.htmlWed, 07 Mar 2012 19:27 ESTAttempting to reclaim lost ground, Major General Earl Van Dorn took a gamble that didnt pay off and demonstrated a poor grasp of logistics in the Confederate defeat at the…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/26/3778191/grant-resumes-command-exits-hallecks.htmlSun, 26 Feb 2012 14:44 ESTThe first two months of 1862 began in fine fashion for the Union as Fort Henry and Fort Donelson fell, opening the way for a Federal advance into Tennessee. With…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/05/3732695/union-navy-river-cause-surrender.htmlSun, 05 Feb 2012 10:21 ESTFacing a rising Tennessee River as well as the Union navy and army approaching, Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman chose to sacrifice a few men to evacuate the rest of his…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/30/3719260/union-unveils-new-weapon-of-war.htmlMon, 30 Jan 2012 12:28 ESTOn Jan. 30, 1862, a new weapon of war was unveiled at Continental Ironworks in Brooklyn, N. Y. The weapon was the USS Monitor and it looked like no other…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/17/3691892/lincoln-welcomed-political-rivals.htmlTue, 17 Jan 2012 12:56 ESTAt the start of 1862, Abraham Lincolns team of rivals was due for a change. Secretary of War Simon Cameron resigned and was replaced by Edwin Stanton. On Jan. 15,

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/11/3680124/lincoln-chafes-at-slow-moving.htmlWed, 11 Jan 2012 12:25 ESTGiven the number of defeats the Union army suffered in 1861, it is not surprising that President Abraham Lincoln was in the midst of despair concerning military campaigns in January…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/05/3667915/soldiers-in-blue-and-gray-brace.htmlThu, 05 Jan 2012 19:03 ESTFollowing the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861, there had been few full-scale battles during the first year of the Civil War. When there wasnt fighting on the…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2011/12/28/3654634/foraging-for-supplies-causes-battle.htmlWed, 28 Dec 2011 12:23 ESTSituated in no-mans-land between Federals and Confederates, the battle of Dranesville occurred as both sides clashed while foraging for supplies on Dec. 20, 1861. After a year of humiliating defeats,

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http://www.sunherald.com/2011/12/19/3640754/the-bible-played-a-role-on-the.htmlMon, 19 Dec 2011 08:31 ESTile the nation was ripped apart by Civil War, the American Bible Society (ABS) endeavored to spread the word of God by passing out pocket Bibles to soldiers in the…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2011/12/14/3632514/benjamin-wade-gains-control-of.htmlWed, 14 Dec 2011 12:55 ESTKnown as one of the more radical of the Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio was given chairmanship of a new committee that was guaranteed to strike fear in…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2011/12/07/3619689/kentucky-senator-branded-a-traitor.htmlWed, 07 Dec 2011 18:20 ESTIn December 1861, the political career of John Cabell Breckinridge of Kentucky came to an end as Congress voted in a special session to expel him from his seat in…

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http://www.sunherald.com/2011/11/21/3589469/davis-1861-speech-looked-at-state.htmlMon, 21 Nov 2011 17:28 ESTAs Confederate and Union armies prepared to go to winter quarters in 1861, military operations began to wane. Inclement weather usually kept the two warring parties from major engagements when…